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Russia Opens Criminal Investigation of Alrosa Flood

RAPAPORT… The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has
launched a criminal probe into last Friday’s flood at an Alrosa diamond mine,
where eight workers are still missing.

The federal authority is looking into whether there were
violations of safety rules at the Mir mine in the Yakutia region, according to a
Russian-language statement the committee issued Monday.
The accide…